Topic : 11/23 Love Scams?

I would go with your brain!  Though it may be difficult for you to lose him now, it will be worse later when he has your money too.  

  I have been writing a British/American...working in Nigeria. I have had my doubts, but so far his story checked out, still there was this nagging red flag. Mainly because it was all too good to be true. After seeing Dr Phil today. I now know I was sucked in too. He had not asked for money, which is different, in fact he said he had alot of money, but after hearing all of this, I can not continue to write. How sad and stupid these scammers are!

So Thomas tried to pull his scam on me, but I didn't fall for it.  He was to contradicting.  He told me he had and emergency meeting in "Africa" and that he had gotten typoid fever.  What too the cake was when he told me he was e-mailing me from his Physician's PC.  He wanted to send me a check to cash for him or open a bank account at Bank of America.  That's when I told him that I wouldn't do that for my own family, much less a stranger. He was one smooth talking man.  I had my supiciousioss because he said he had gotten me off of a dating web.  I had never joined a dating web.  The picture he used was him standing on a boat in front of some beautiful mountains.   He said he was from Rancho Santa Margarita California and was 46 years old.

My daughter called me at work to see if I was taping the Dr. Phil so which I do everyday.  So, when I watched it, it made me sick to my stomach.  I am so glad that I didn't go as far as others had.  I was feeling really guilty because I said this guy could die.  Then after a few more days he was still writing me, I knew it was a lie because if you don't seek treatment immediately for this illness you can die.  Like I told him, I might come from a small town, but I wasn't born yesterday and this pack of french fries isn't short of any of it's fries. 

It's amazing how these guys can come in and sweep you off of your feet.  Telling you how sweet you are and so forth but not saying much about themselves.  The only thing he had told me was that his parents and wife had died in the past 2 years and he was just looking for a friend to talk to, then all of a sudden he's in love with me.  I told him straight out that you just don't fall in love by talking on email.  I didn't do the instant mailing, I have copies of all of the e-mails that he sent me.  I guess I am the lucky one.

Hang in there and we learn from these experiences.....Don't feel bad for yourself, there is life out there after all of this.

You could be the most intelligent person in the world, but if you went into a jungle without a guide, a guidebook, proper attire, and a few clues about the place and its dangers, you would probably not last very long.

The scammers are predators, we are their prey, and the internet is a jungle.  They think they have a right to take our money from us and they do not care about our feelings. They stalk us deliberately and take advantage of our good natures. They never get far with the mean, the stingy, the hard-hearted, etc, who see right through them, instead they play havoc with the soft-hearted, the generous natured, and the polite people, who haven't learned the hazards of the internet.

If you think you have been scammed, or know you have, and need to talk about it, join us:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anti-scammers/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCAMMERSLAYER/

they work in gangs in internet cafes, they have scripts and they get email address lists to work with.

google: Nigerian romance scammers

Hi Everyone,

I run an annual conference at a children's hospital and I've had over 32 fake registrations to my event and they're ALL come from Nigeria. These people are not only immitating doctors, but they are also using stolen credit cards (all from the US). At first I couldn't figure out what their motive was (as it wasn't money), but when they began to request 'letters of invitation' on official hospital letterhead which was to be couriered to them and to their "consulate" for a visa, I realized they were trying to get a free pass into the country.

I was elated yesterday to see Dr. Phil doing a segment on Nigerian scam artists. Please spread the word about my experience to anyone who runs major events and conferences. I don't want these cons running around in my country.

Nicole